SPECIES ASIATICAE. 195 
lata, lineari-oblonga, apice acutiuscula, margine angustissime 
scariosa, utrinque glabra nisi ad partem petiolarem, supra 
scabridule papillosa, costa media conspicua translucente, nervis 
valde obscuris. Inflorescentiae dichotome ramosae ultimo in 
cymas trifloras abeuntes ; flores albi roseo-suffusi; pedicelli ad 
1.5 cm. longi pilis articulatis nigridis dense induti; bracteae 
lanceolatae foliis similes sed breviores. Sepala exteriora circ. 5 
mm, longa, 1.5 mm. lata, oblonga, obtusiuscula, margine sparsim 
nigto-ciliolata, apice atro-rubescentia, interiora late scarioso- 
marginata. Petala 1 cm. paulo superantia, obovata, apice 
obscure erosa. Stamina 10 calycem subaequantia filamentis 
glabris basi glanduliferis. Ovarium 2 mm. longum stylis duobus 
circ. 2 mm. longis instructum. Fructus deest. 
“West China :—N’Maikha-Salween divide, Yunnan, on 
stony pasture and humus-covered boulders in side valleys. Lat. 
26° 25’N. Alt. 10,000 ft. Plant of 5-8 inches. Flowers white, 
faintly stained rose-pink. Aug. 1g19.’’ G. Forrest. No. 18,474. 
Aristolochia Delavayi, Franch., var. micrantha, W. W. Sm. 
oy Var. nov. 
A type floribus duplo minoribus differt. 
“West China:—Mountains of the Chungtien plateau, 
Yunnan, in open stony pasture. Lat. 27° 30’ N. Alt. 11,000 ft. 
Plant of 6-14 inches. Flowers dull olive-green. July 1914.” 
G. Forrest. No. 12,637. 
This can be compared with nothing in the Chinese flora but 
A. Delavayi, Franch., which I have not seen. It agrees well 
with the description, except that Franchet gives a length of 5-6 
cm. to the calyx of his species. In Forrest’s plant it does not 
exceed 2.5 cm. 
WD A cesimisia Forrestii, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis A. Campbellii, Hook. f. et Thoms. a qua foliorum 
segmentis primariis lineari-oblongis integris, involucri phyllis 
glabris haud lanosis inter alia differt. Planta inodora e radice 
crdssa lignosa orta ad 75 cm. alta. Caulis erectus sat robustus 
infra simplex, in dimidio superiore bene ramosus ramis elongatis 
suberectis, tomento albido dense indutus. Folia radicalia 
delapsa ; caulina numerosa caulem subcelantia 2-4 cm. longa 
simpliciter pinnatisecta, segmentis vulgo 5 remotiusculis vel 
saepe approximatis atque folia 5-fasciculata simulantibus 
lineari-oblongis vel loriformibus circ. 2 cm. longis, 2 mm. latis 
subacutis undique dense albido-lanato-tomentosis. Inflorescen- 
tiae numerosae paniculatae ramulos terminantes circ. 6 cm. 
